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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender... more +
Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency.    less -
McDermott Will & Emery

Bitcoin-Halving steht vor der Tür

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Nach der Zulassung von Krypto-ETF in den USA steht mit dem für Mitte April 2024 erwarteten Bitcoin-Halving demnächst ein weiteres Fundamental-Ereignis für die Krypto-Branche vor der Tür. Die Zulassung sogenannter Bitcoin-Spot...more

Hogan Lovells

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, February 2024

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...more

A&O Shearman

MiCAR under the microscope - Part 3: The issuance of stablecoins under MiCAR: Scope and requirements

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The huge expansion of crypto-assets over recent years and the popularity of their underlying technology (distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain) have come with their share of challenges, including a significant...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2022 #2

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Zelenskyy Signs Virtual Assets Bill Into Law, Legalizing Crypto in Ukraine - On March 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Law on Virtual Assets. According to a statement by the Ministry of Digital...more

Perkins Coie

Virtual Currency Legal Report: Week of January 7, 2022

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U.S. Congress to Hold Oversight Hearing on the Mining of Cryptocurrency - NY DFS to Hire New Deputy Superintendent - Recent Federal Regulator Announcements Signal Changes in Senior Leadership at the SEC, CFTC, and FDIC...more

Hogan Lovells

The digital Euro - taking shape in 2022

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has just kicked off an “investigation phase” to explore different options for the digital Euro. This phase of detailed consideration for a European version of a Central Bank Digital Currency...more

Orrick - On the Chain

The SEC Sends a Telegram to European Token Offerings: Avoid the U.S.

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On March 24, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a preliminary injunction preventing Telegram from distributing $1.7 billion of its...more

Hogan Lovells

France calls for applications for CBDC experimentations

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The French central bank (Banque de France (BdF)) aims to identify concrete cases integrating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in innovative procedures for the clearing and settlement of tokenised financial assets...more

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Blockchain Trends and Enforcement Surrounding the New Technology

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In 2019, regulators continued to consider whether and how to regulate blockchain technology. After the two previous years that included a high number of initial coin offerings (ICOs), many of which involved allegedly...more

Polsinelli

BitBlog Weekly Summary

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This week’s summary includes updates on anti-money laundering in the crypto-friendly nation of Malta and a proposal to regulate cryptocurrency miners in the United States to help stop human trafficking....more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - April 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Arca Investment Management Files With SEC to Issue Stablecoin - Arca Investment Management, a California-based investment management firm specializing in digital assets, filed an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - April 2019

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In this issue, we examine the release of the much-anticipated Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) guidance for analyzing how U.S. federal securities laws apply to initial coin offerings, the...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Texas Clarifies that Stablecoins Backed by Sovereign Currency Qualify as “Money” Under Money Transmission Statute - The Texas Department of Banking recently issued a Supervisory...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - December 2018

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U.S. Developments - SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement - On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more

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The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - November 2018

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This is the second edition of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this issue, we examine the SEC’s new...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

UK and EU Move Slowly Toward Virtual Currency Regulatory Scheme in Recent Statements

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In the last month, UK and European politicians have been vocal about the regulation, or lack thereof, in the virtual currency sphere. ...more

Troutman Pepper

A Rejection of Globalization: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulations in the European Union, the United States and Switzerland

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Globalization is no longer sexy. Brexit, the election of nationalist leaders across both Europe and the United States, and Russia’s resurrection have clearly proven that in today’s world, countries are back to focusing on...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson announced on Monday that it will shift some of its motorcycle production overseas “to avoid retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union” in response to the White House’s trade moves....more

A&O Shearman

Regulators and Courts Clarify Virtual Currency Regulation, but Overall Framework Remains Murky

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This update serves to cover virtual currency regulatory developments over the past two months in the U.S., U.K. and EU. This follows our previous virtual currency regulatory updates as part of Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

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Looking Out for Main Street: SEC Focuses on Retail, Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency - The Commissioners and senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") addressed the public on...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

2018: Business As (Un)usual – European Financial & Regulatory Developments into 2018

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2017 in the UK and the rest of Europe seems to have been primarily a year devoted to implementation – both of political decisions already made and of legislation that had already been enacted. On the political front, Brexit...more

K&L Gates LLP

Blockchain Energizer – Volume 16

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There is a lot of buzz around blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries from finance and health care to real estate and supply chain management. Reports estimate that over $1.4...more

Perkins Coie

Digital Currencies: International Actions and Regulations

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Argentina - Virtual currencies are not legal tender under the country’s National Constitution, which designates the Central Bank as the only authority that may issue legal tender. Although not specifically regulated,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Bitstamp obtains first payment institution license in the world

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Bitstamp, the third largest Bitcoin exchange in the world and located in Luxembourg, announced on April 25, 2016, that it has obtained a payment institution license from Luxembourg, which means it is the first nationally...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: International Regulators Take An Interest In Crypto-Currencies & The Blockchain: Regulation Is On Its Way

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In the space of less than 24 hours, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the European Parliament and the Financial Stability Board (FSB), published three documents which demonstrate a keen interest in (a) using; and...more

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